John F. Smith

Professor of Nuclear Physics at the University of the West of Scotland.

[John F. Smith @JohnFSmith]

Beautiful day in Jyväskylä. Penultimate day of our experiment at the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory @jyflacclab. Started with coffee by the lake. Coffee, sunshine, Finland, nuclear physics. What more do you need? @UniWestScotland @uniofjyvaskyla @SchoolCEPS #UWSResearchMatters

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Hyvää Juhannusta (Happy Midsummer) to all of our Finnish friends and colleagues. Thank you for all of your support for our successful experiment at the University of Jyväskylä Accelerator Lab @jyflacclab studying pear-shaped protactinium nuclei. @uniofjyvaskyla @UniWestScotland

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Day 1 of the 2024 UWS Research Festival #UWSResearchFestival was held today at our beautiful London campus. Thanks to keynote speaker Anne-Wil Harzing @AWHarzing for the valuable insights into academic career development, and for the impressive owl. @ResearchUWS @UniWestScotland

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This building, surrounded by beautiful green Finnish nature, is the Accelerator Lab @jyflacclab at the University of Jyväskylä @uniofjyvaskyla. Here, we are presently carrying out cutting-edge nuclear physics research studying exotic actinide nuclei. @jyuscience @UniWestScotland

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Today is Day 3 of our experiment studying the structure of exotic plutonium isotopes with the AGATA gamma-ray spectrometer at Legnaro National Laboratory. All going well so far thanks to a fantastic team of collaborators. @UniWestScotland @UniPadova @INFN_ @STFC_Matters

[UWS Physics @UWSPhysics]

Congratulations to Ryan Meeten, Lecturer in Physics, for being shortlisted for Lecturer Of The Year at the #SAUWS Big Awards yesterday. Apparently there were 180 nominations in total in this category so being shortlisted is a big achievement. Well done Ryan! @uwsdps @UWSstudents

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Yesterday, Dr Luigi Capponi from the ELI-NP facility in Bucharest visited UWS @UniWestScotland to give a presentation about new developments at the facility, including a novel experiment to study two-gamma decay. Thanks Luigi. I hope you had a good trip back to Romania.

[John F. Smith @JohnFSmith]

If there was a competition to find the most beautiful nuclear physics lab in the world then surely JYFL @jyflacclab at the University of Jyväskylä would win. Even on a cloudy day in July, it still looks great. Thanks JYFL for another successful experiment. @jyscience

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On Monday, Dr Ross Birney @RossBirney joined UWS @UniWestScotland as a Lecturer in Physics and a member of Institute for Thin Films, Sensors, and Imaging @ITFSI_UWS. He may look familiar as he was a PhD student and then a PDRA here until he left us in 2017. Welcome (back) Ross!

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Huge congratulations to Ryan Meeten (Lecturer in Physics, pictured here with wife Sarah) for winning the award for Outstanding Teaching at the 2019 #UWSStars event yesterday. Well done Ryan, excellent work, thoroughly deserved. @UniWestScotland @SchoolCEPS

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Last week, Dr Michael Bowry @MikeBowry joined the UWS Nuclear Physics Group @UniWestScotland as a Lecturer in Physics. He spent the last six years working @TRIUMFLab in Vancouver and @NSCL in Michigan. We are very happy to welcome him back to the UK. @SchoolCEPS @PhysicsatSurrey

[John F. Smith @JohnFSmith]

Dr Laura Harkness-Brennan @LauraHBPhysics from the University of Liverpool @livuniphysics visited UWS @UWSPhysics this afternoon to give a seminar about new developments in gamma-ray imaging with CZT detectors. Excellent novel research and a fantastic seminar. Thanks Laura!

[John F. Smith @JohnFSmith]

We have recently advertised a Lectureship position in the Nuclear Physics Research Group at UWS. The position has a fixed term, for two years. Closing date for applications: 31/8/18. Details at https://t.co/vqkTXeiqjP Contact [email protected] for informal enquiries.

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We have two fully-funded PhD studentships available in the Nuclear Physics Research Group at UWS. Start date 1/10/18 or ASAP thereafter. Details on https://t.co/J4XtX0leoN at https://t.co/HosW1AYNJ7 or contact [email protected] for informal enquiries.

[John F. Smith @JohnFSmith]

Today is the last day of our experiment using GRIFFIN with ISAC at TRIUMF, studying decays of neutron-rich cesium isotopes, led by Dr Liam Gaffney @lpgaff. It was very successful and we now have lots of beautiful data to be analysed by some lucky PhD students. Thanks @TRIUMFLab.

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Join the Nuclear Physics Group at #Daresbury Laboratory as a software engineer and use your skills to support world-leading science. Find out more and apply: https://t.co/4JyoaZ3Cuv #YoE #career

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Yesterday, at #IOPnuc2018 in Paisley, Professor Iain Moore from the University of Jyväskylä gave a superb summary of the research activities at the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory. Very impressive world-leading research with strong UK involvement. Thanks Iain. #jyflacclab @jyscience

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Thanks again to Professor Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili for the excellent and engaging public lecture "Who split the atom?" at the IOP Nuclear Physics Conference at UWS in Paisley yesterday evening. #IOPnuc2018 @UniWestScotland @UWSPhysics @iankallison